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== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39702" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39702" /> == | ||
<p> The diaspora took place over several centuries. While its exact beginnings are difficult to date, two major events greatly contributed to it. In 722 B. C. the [[Assyrians]] captured the | <p> The diaspora took place over several centuries. While its exact beginnings are difficult to date, two major events greatly contributed to it. In 722 [[B.]] [[C.]] the [[Assyrians]] captured the Northern [[Kingdom]] (Israel). Following this victory, the Assyrians resettled large numbers of the [[Israelites]] in [[Assyria]] ( 2 Kings 17:6 ). In 586 [[B.]] [[C.]] the [[Babylonians]] captured the Southern Kingdom (Judah) and followed the same policy of resettlement. Many of the residents of Judah were transported to [[Babylon]] ( 2 Kings 25:8-12 ). While some of these persons later returned to Judah, many of them remained permanently in Babylon. Later, other wars fought by the [[Greeks]] and Romans in [[Palestine]] helped scatter more of the [[Jewish]] people. </p> <p> The diaspora was further encouraged by severe economic conditions which gripped Palestine. The warfare in the land disrupted the ability of the people to make a living. Also, heavy taxes were exacted from the people by the dominant foreign powers. This made life even more difficult. </p> <p> [[Adding]] to this impulse to leave Palestine was the good reception the [[Jews]] generally received in other lands. As a rule, they were allowed to practice their own religion without interference. </p> <p> The result of the diaspora was that by New [[Testament]] times as many Jews lived outside of Palestine as lived within the land. In almost every city which Paul visited on his missionary journeys, he found a Jewish synagogue ( Acts 14:1; Acts 17:1 ,Acts 17:1, 17:10; Acts 18:4 ). The diaspora thus helped pave the way for the spread of the gospel. See Assyria; Babylonia; [[Exile]]; [[Synagogue]] . </p> <p> Lynn Jones </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_110549" /> == | |||
<p> (n.) Lit., "Dispersion." - applied collectively: (a) To those Jews who, after the Exile, were scattered through the Old World, and afterwards to Jewish [[Christians]] living among heathen. Cf. James i. 1. (b) By extension, to Christians isolated from their own communion, as among the [[Moravians]] to those living, usually as missionaries, outside of the parent congregation. </p> | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50587" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50587" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Diaspora]] </strong> . See Dispersion. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55659" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55659" /> == | ||
<p> See Dispersion. </p> | <p> See Dispersion. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_37308" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_37308" /> == | ||
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<ref name="term_37308"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/diaspora Diaspora from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_37308"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/diaspora Diaspora from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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